>>28419691>>28419736Yeah, he turned into a hawk for an operation, but I think he either got knocked unconscious or stuck in a box for longer than the 2 hour limit, so he couldn't turn back. For a big chunk of the story he was just a telepathic hawk, who slowly became more and more like a hawk.
Eventually he got his transformation powers back, and I think he could even turn back into his old human body, but the 2 hour limit was still there, and if he got stuck a second time he could never regain transformation abilities.